Insulated dish



April 24, 1934- I c. JUSTHEJM 1,956,356

INSULATED DISH Filed Sept. 11, 19:53

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INSULATED lDISH Elarence I. Justheim, Salt Lake City, Utah Application September 11, 1933, Serial No.

I v 3 Claims. (oi. -59) My invention relates to dishes and containers and has for its object to provide a new insulated dish which will be strong in construction and economical to manufacture.

A further object is to provide a closed container in which either hot or cold ingredients or liquids may be placed and kept at the same temperature at which they were when inserted in the container.

A still further object is to provide a container for foods or liquids which may be covered if desired and which may be provided with a mechanical beater therein to stir the-fluids in the container if desired.

A still further object is to provide an insulated dish which is provided with an insulated cover therefor and which may be used to hold certain temperatures in the food for a long period of time so that foods such as frozen ice cream may be placed in the dish and placed away for some time without the frozen cream melting.

A still further object is to provide a dish in which the insulating medium is that of separated dead air spaced with thin sheets of metallic material therebetween with each surface of the ma terial highly glossed or polished into a reflecting surface. Thin sheet: oi aluminum may be used as the metallic medium and each sheet of aluminum may be embossed or may be peened, or die out with the inner surface or that face toward the inner portion of the dish formed concave and the outer surface formed convex.

These objects I accomplish with the device illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which similar numerals and letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views and as described in the specification forming a part of this application and pointed out in the appended claims. 1 p p In the drawing in which I have shown the best V building my invention V I Figure 1 is a diametrical section through one of the sides with a cover thereon and showing the various sheets of insulating material sectioned.

I Figure 2 is a vertical section of a dish showing one method of providing a mechanical agitator or beater therefor.

Figure 3 is a section on line 3--3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a vertical section of a dish formed with flat bottom and vertical sides.

Figure 5 is a face view of the peened surface of one of the aluminum insulating plates.

Figure 6 is a sectional view of one of the plates the step 16, such as a cork or rubber gasket.

assert when enlarged to show the concave and convex surfaces and the direction of the rays reflected therefrom.

Figure 7 is a section eta dish showing other kinds of insulating, such as cork used therein. 1 In the drawing I have shown the dish as a bowl A, having a cover E for the top thereof. The bowl A is made 01' an inner wall 1, spaced from an outer wall 2, with legs 8 on the outer wall to support the bowl. The outer upper edge ofthe w outer wall 2 is the surface to which the insulating plates C are secured and the insulating plates 4 and 5 are set between the two walls 1 and 2 l with air spaces a, b and c separating the insulating plates from each other and from the inner and outer walls of the bowl A. The plate 4 is provided with a flange 9 around the top edge thereof by which it is secured to the outer wall of the bowl by suitable means such as solder, hydrolene, welding etc. The next plate 5 is also provided with a flange 10 therearound to fit onto'the flange 9 and also be secured to the outer wall of the bowl. and the inner wall 1 of the bowl is provided with a flange ll to fit onto the flange lit and be secured to the upper edge of the outer wall of w the bowl to complete the entire howl.

This seals the inner and outer walls 1 and 2 together leaving dead air space between the wall 1 and the plate 5, between the plates 4 and 5 and between the wall 2 and the plate 4, providing the 35 dead air spaces a, b, and c.

The cover B is made of flat plates 12 and 13 set apart by insulating plates 14 and 15, with dead air spaces d, e, and f therein. The plate 12 on the under side of the cover is formed with an annular step 16 therearound to allow the cover to fit partly down into the bowl A and partly thereover to completely seal the cover to the bowl It need arises a sealing medium may be provided on In Figure 2 the inner upper surface of the inside portion or plateot the bowl is formed into threads 18 into which the threads 19 o! the cover 20 may be screwed to secure the cover to the bowl. A mechanical mixing or stirring device D is shown inserted through the cover through an opening 21 therein, the mixing device to be removed it desired and a plate 22 on the top of the cover moved over to close the opening. The inner wall or the bowl is provided with a flange on the top edge thereof to seal to the outer wall at 30 to provide the sealed dead air spaces therein.

In Figure 4 the sides 25 of the bowl are perpendicular and the bottom 26 is formed flat with the side walls and insulating plates made integral with the bottom and bottom insulating plates. This form of bowl being shown merely to illustrate that the scope of the invention does not lie only in one shape. The dead air spaces between the plates and sides of the bowl are sealed by the fiat annular plate 27 being secured thereto by suitable means.

In Figures 5 and 6, I have shown the insulating plates as made of sheets of very thin aluminum having the surfaces either embossed or peened. In Figure 6 the inner surface of the plates 0' are made concave at 29 and the outer surfaces are made convex so that rays of heat or light hitting the inner surface will be reflected back in concentrated rays, bringing them to a point while those rays hitting the outer surface will engage the convex surfaces and be diiiused or broken up to disperse the heat or cold, endeavoring to enter the bowl. The concave surfaces refleet the colder heat trying to leave the bowl and direct them back thereinto converging into one point instead of diffusing them.

Having thus described my invention I desire to secure by Letters Patent and claim:

1. In a dish of the class described, the combination of an inner wall formed of a curved sheet and an outer wall formed of a like sheet larger in diameter, with the space between the two sheets sealed; sheets of spaced apart highly polished thin aluminum, having the inside face formed with concave facets and the other side convex facets, carried in the space between the inner and the outer wall; and means to hold the aluminum sheets spaced apart.

2. In a dish of the class described the combination of an inner wall formed of a curved sheet and an outer wall formed of a like sheet larger in diameter, with the space between the two sheets sealed; sheets of spaced apart highly polished thin aluminum having the faces thereof peened into irregular facets, carried in the space between the inner and outer wall; and means to hold the sheets spaced apart.

3. In a dish of the class described the combination of an inner wall formed of a curved sheet and an outer wall formed of a like sheet of larger diameter, with the space between the two sheets sealed; sheets of spaced apart highly polished aluminum carried in the space between the walls, the sheets having the surfaces thereof formed into irregular embossed facets; means to space the aluminum sheets apart; and a cover for said dish formed of like construction.

CLARENCE I. JUSTHEIM. 

